Francis Marion Crawford

Saracinesca (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Rome is about to change, but for those who live through such events the past remains real. In this city of living history, Giovanni Saracinesca spends his days longing for Corona d'Astrardente, a beautiful Duchessa. Constrained by the traditions of their class, they soon become the subject of gossip all over Rome. Saracinesca is a novel by Francis Marion Crawford.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mint Editions
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781513287676
• Artikelnr.: 61922395

Autorenporträt

Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American novelist. Born in Tuscany, he was the son of sculptor Thomas Crawford and Louisa Cutler Ward. The nephew of Julia Ward Howe, who wrote "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," Crawford was raised in a distinguished family of artists and intellectuals. In 1879, after studying at Cambridge University, the University of Heidelberg, and the University of Rome, Crawford travelled to India. He learned Sanskrit and edited The Indian Herald in Allahabad before returning to the United States to study at Harvard University. In 1882, he published Mr. Isaacs, his first novel. Crawford moved to Italy in 1883 and commenced his career as a bestselling author of historical and romance fiction. He earned critical acclaim for his Saracinesca series, an epic story of family, religion, politics, crime, and desire set in nineteenth century Rome. Crawford was also a pioneer of the horror and fantasy genres-his tales of ghosts and genies are frequently anthologized and remain popular to this day. His works have been adapted for the cinema more than a dozen times in Italy, the United Kingdom, and Mexico.